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thick. Twelve hundred and fifty are contained in a quart, 

 and will be sufficient for planting a row, or drill, of two 

 hundred feet, or for a hundred and twenty-five hills. 



The variety is healthy and productive ; much esteemed 

 for the tender, pulpy character of the young pods ; and 

 worthy of cultivation for the large size and good quality of 

 the beans, which, either in the green or ripe state, are quite 

 farinaceous and mild flavored. 



Height fourteen or fifteen inches ; flow- Crescent-eyed, 

 ers white ; the pods are five inches and a 

 half long, and contain five seeds. 



Season intermediate. If planted early, the variety will 

 blossom in seven weeks, yield pods for stringing in eight 

 weeks, supply the table with green beans in eleven weeks, 

 and ripen in ninety days. When planted and grown under 

 the influence of summer weather, pods may be plucked for 

 the table in fifty days, and the crop will ripen in about twelve 

 weeks. 



The beans, when ripe, are white, with a large, rose-red 

 patch about the eye ; the colored portion of the surface being 

 striped and marked with brownish-red : they are somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, and measure three-fourths of an inch in 

 length, and three-eighths of an inch in thickness. A quart 

 contains nearly thirteen hundred seeds, and will plant a 

 hundred and fifty hills, or a row of two hundred feet. 



The variety yields well, and the green pods are tender 

 and well flavored. It is, however, generally cultivated for 

 its seeds, which are of large size and excellent quality, 

 whether used in a green or ripe state. 



Plant sixteen inches in height ; the pods Dun-colored, 

 are five inches and a half long, half an inch 

 broad, yellow and slender when fully ripe, and contain five 

 or six beans. 



The ripe seeds are dun-colored, or dark drab, kidney- 

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